Table 2 Experimental factors and their levels designed for the experiment.

From: Application of uniform design to evaluate the different conditions on the growth of algae Prymnesium parvum

Level

WT

pH

Salinity

N

P

Si

Fe

(℃)

(‰)

(mg/l)

(mg/l)

(mg/l)

(mg/l)

1

9.0

7.0

0.8

2.0

0.2

0.2

0.1

2

11.0

7.3

1.0

2.3

0.4

0.4

0.2

3

13.0

7.6

1.2

2.6

0.6

0.6

0.3

4

15.0

7.9

1.4

2.9

0.8

0.8

0.4

5

17.0

8.2

1.6

3.2

1.0

1.0

0.5

6

19.0

8.5

1.8

3.5

1.2

1.2

0.6

7

21.0

8.8

2.0

3.8

1.4

1.4

0.7

8

23.0

9.1

2.2

4.1

1.6

1.6

0.8

9

   

4.4

1.8

1.8

0.9

10

   

4.7

2.0

2.0

1.0

  1. WT water temperature; N nitrogen; P phosphorous; Si silicon; Fe iron.